TCG Letter #1986

From

R.W. Chambers

J.R.R. Tolkien

Date

7 September 1937 (postmarked)

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Unknown

Chambers writes again offering thanks for a copy of The Hobbit, and presumably, criticism on it. He gives Tolkien an update on his recovery after a bout of bad health.

This letter is held at the Bodleian Library archives.

Tags

The Hobbit

The Hobbit author/advance/proof copies

Publishing

Tolkien Papers, Bodleian Library

Archive holdings

Related Letters

Letter from R.W. Chambers to J.R.R. Tolkien • c. 15-31 August 1937 (undated) (#1985)

Carpenter #15: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth (Allen & Unwin) • 31 August 1937 (#15)

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to R.W. Chambers • 8 February 1937 (#139)

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth • 13 August 1937 (#1966)

Letter from C.A. Furth (GA&U) to J.R.R. Tolkien • 16 August 1937 (#1968)

Letter from George Allen & Unwin to R.W. Chambers • c. 14 August 1937 (#1984)

Letter from R.W. Chambers to J.R.R. Tolkien • 7 September 1937 (postmarked) (#1986)

References

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 215, p. 844

The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition, p. 881, p. 883

We note our thanks to Catherine McIllwaine for further details on the archival details of this letter.

Bodleian MS. Tolkien 21, fol. 46

"Written on a picture postcard of 'University College, London'" Catherine McIlwaine, Bodleian archivist.

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